Hallie Abrams shows how to wear black in summer without overheating. Pick linen and breathable fabrics, add bright accessories like a rainbow raffia bag, and choose summery cuts like halter dresses. Dark colors hide sweat stains, which Abrams says is her main reason for wearing black year-round.
What do you do if it's summertime but you want to wear black? Black feels like it's a wintry color, but it doesn't have to be. Like, this is black linen, so it's definitely a fabric that is meant for summertime, but the color is dark. Of course, I happen to like wearing black linen in the summer because I don't know if you know this about me, but I might overshare. I am— I sweat here, but you know where I sweat a lot? Right there, right there on my tuchus. And so if I sit down and have lunch with somebody and it's sunny and it's beautiful, I stand up and it looks like I've peed in my pants. It's literally horrible. So I will think about, oh, I'm gonna do this for the day, I better make sure I'm wearing a dark color so that I don't get swamp ass. Okay, but then you don't want to feel like you're goth or that you're like wearing winter stuff in the heat of the summer. How do you do that? Lighten it up with accessories! Because look at how cute this little rainbow raffia bag is. The silhouette also, obviously it's a halter, so it's a summertime feel. The shoes, a little jelly that has built-in air conditioning. Overall, it doesn't feel like the outfit is winter. It still feels summery, but I'm wearing black. Get it? Got it? Good.
